I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 715 Polish-Swedish Alliance

Joseph nodded: "This is the latest disinfectant developed by our country. In addition to being cheap, it is also easier to transport and will not be drunk secretly by soldiers.

"As for tents and military uniforms, our country can also help you make them at cost price."

"That's great!" Radziwiu rubbed his hands excitedly, "If we don't buy expensive medical alcohol, about 200 million francs will be enough to pay for it."

"Our country can use grain to offset most of the deductions."

Poland's harvest this autumn is quite good. The great plains of East Europe are a huge granary.

Radziwiłł added in a low voice: "The remaining little can be gathered by dismissing the mercenaries in Krakow."

Joseph sighed to himself.

Poland was facing a multi-front war, and even 200 million francs was a huge burden for them. Forcing out so much money would likely have an adverse impact on their war situation.

It suddenly occurred to him that perhaps Poland could get funding from other countries.

At present, Poland has withstood the first wave of attacks from the three major powers, demonstrating its strength and value.

Then we need to realize this geostrategic value as much as possible to provide more support for their military.

So, who cares most about Poland’s geopolitical value?

Joseph's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Radziwiu: "You can try to get a loan from the Ottoman Empire or Sweden."

The latter was stunned for a moment and said, “Thank you for your advice, Your Highness, but I don’t think it will lead to anything.

"Under the threat of Russia, the Ottoman Empire has abandoned its traditional friendship with our country.

"And Sweden, as you know, the relationship between our two countries has always been tense."

Joseph said: “Don’t forget that Poland has attracted 12 Russian troops and has held out for more than two months.

“Both Sweden and Turkey should have realized the great role Poland plays in their confrontation with Russia.

"Poland and they have very similar goals in dealing with Russia.

"Perhaps you can try to put aside your hatred with Sweden and deal with Russia together, or even form a Polish-Swedish alliance!"

In the early eighteenth century, King Charles XII of Sweden conquered most of Poland, including Warsaw, and the two countries became enemies from then on.

However, there has been no conflict between Poland and Switzerland for nearly a century since then.

Sweden had just suffered a great deal in the Seventh Russo-Swedish War, and would certainly be very active if it could retaliate against Russia.

Not to mention the Ottoman Empire, which had successively lost strategic locations such as Crimea and Ochakov, and was extremely hateful towards Russia.

Before, the two countries were overwhelmed by the Russian army and had no choice but to retreat, but now Poland is holding off Russia on its own, which gives them room to come up with other ideas.

You know, the total number of field troops that Russia could mobilize would not exceed 14, of which 12 were trapped in Poland.

If Sweden and the Ottoman Empire attacked Russia at the same time, Catherine II would not even have the troops to mobilize.

The more Radziwiłł thought about it, the more he felt that what the French prince said made sense.

After a moment, he saluted Joseph and said, "Your Highness, you are truly the best strategist in Europe! I will definitely convey your advice to Count Potocki."

Joseph knew that the huge political and geographical differences between the three Polish and Swedish countries made it difficult for them to form a real coalition to attack Russia. But as long as they supported each other, they could put great strategic pressure on Russia and make it give up its plan to invade Poland. After discussing some details of the "Polish-Swedish Alliance", Radziwiłł thanked the French prince profusely and prepared to leave.

Joseph then remembered something and gestured to him, "By the way, I have just established a military medical university.

“When you go back, you can select some military doctors and ladies who want to work in medical care to come here for training.

"Of course, these people come to Paris as tourists."

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Your Royal Highness."

When Joseph returned to the Palace of Versailles, he saw Count Herriot standing trembling at the edge of the corridor. He saluted him from a distance with his head almost bowed to the ground.

Joseph walked past him, just glanced at him coldly and ignored him.

Count Herriot suddenly trembled all over and cursed his extremely stupid daughter hundreds of times in his heart.

Although Anmari Herriot had been exiled to Tubakht, the easternmost province of Tripoli adjacent to the desert, which set the farthest record for the exile of a female noble, when Count Herriot heard that the crown prince's maid was critically ill after falling into the water last time, he was still frightened as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Count Herriot had no choice but to follow all the way to the Crown Prince's bedroom, and stood in the corridor for four or five hours before finally seeing the Crown Prince's attendant walking towards him.

He hurried forward to salute, but heard Emmanuel coldly say: "His Highness does not want to see you. However, Miss Delvaux's treatment this time cost a huge amount of medical expenses, which must be paid by the Herriot family. 30 francs."

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Count Herriot paused, but immediately bowed and said, "Yes, yes, I will go and raise the money right away!"

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Papal States.

Rome.

Next to a stone sculpture of an angel, Mort Schmitz placed his hand on his forehead, glanced at the bright sun, and nodded with satisfaction: "Everything in the world is illuminated so clearly, very good."

The square opposite St. Peter's Basilica was still empty, with only the Swiss Guards standing in neat rows and patrolling from time to time.

Schmitz felt that it would seem a bit strange to just stand there, so he took out the newspaper he brought from the hotel, unfolded it and held it in front of himself.

The headline on the front page was: "Austrian troops have basically occupied Sandomierz." The news content roughly said that the Wurmser Corps was unstoppable, quickly defeated the Polish defenders and captured the Sandomierz Province.

He smiled and didn't want to say anything.

Since the day when the Pope's spokesman lied in Vienna and denied the Crusades, the morale of the Austrian army has indeed improved - at least the soldiers no longer have to worry about increasing the time they will be tortured in purgatory because of this war.

However, they still failed to break through the Polish Tarnovskaya Hill defense line, even though there were only more than 1 defenders there.

In order to reduce domestic pressure, His Majesty the Emperor ordered Wurmser to temporarily abandon Krakow and attack the weakly defended Sandomierz instead.

He succeeded.

Sandomierz was occupied, but that was the end of it.

Sandomierz is located on the San River to the west, making it impossible to continue the offensive deep into Poland.

After all, this war is cursed and doomed to fail. As Schmitz was thinking this, he heard the sound of bells coming from the square of St. Peter's Basilica.

He immediately raised his head, his expression calm but extremely determined, and whispered to himself: "It's finally about to begin."

(End of this chapter)